***Disney Design Addict's Chit Chat,Designs and Pixie Dust! Everybody WELCOME!***

[Zandy595]

I bought some spray dye at Michaels, I forget the name but it was with all the fabric paints. I used five different colors and tryed spraying it on a dry shirt and wet shirt for different looks. I wound up using the wet application because it gave a look of watercolor to the shirts. I made a pattern on funfoam using plates to get the dimensions right. Then on the back I used a scene from the kids Disney Magic Artist cd rom, Cinderella castle with the monorail in the foreground. Using Disney font I wrote Mathews-Caswell-Engler World Tour 2003, wrapping the words over top of the castle.

Which version of Disney Magic Artist CD ROM do you have? My son's old version doesn't work on our new computer.

 

[Michelina]

I've been planning on making the tie-dye Mickey shirts forever and just haven't gotten around to it yet. Everybody's seem to turn out so well, I think I'm gonna try it this weekend. Someone from the DIS gave me this link to instructions a while ago, they go into a little bit more detail - Hope it helps!
http://www.themouseforless.com/community/showcase/shirt.shtml

 

[billwendy]

hi,

i made these iron on's for a friends trip,,,,,,

they were so fun to make,,each child listed all their favorite characters and these shirts will be a surprise for them,,,,they also ordered family shirts from disney direct that came out great!!

 

[xmansmom]

Chim-Chiminy:
I love what you did with the spray dye!!!! I'm hooked...might have to try!!!!

I tried to make one for DH this last couple of days with the bleach pen...it's ok...I made the Mickey head tooooo big...one ear slightly bled through to the back because it wasn't dry when I removed the board to do the other ear...good thing the shirts were only $4 at Wal-Mart!!!

Back to the drawing board...with only two days to my trip!!!

What did you do with the bleach pen? I'm looking for something really easy to make for my family. Thanks.

 

[xmansmom]

billwendy...What a great friend you are. Those are awesome! I love the "We love" ones. Where did you get the pictures of the characters with open arms? When you make your own transfers how do they hold up? Do they usually last through several washings or are they a one wear only kind of thing? Thanks.

 

[MidNite]

Here's a good way to find clipart for your projects. I use google image search and look for "disney clipart" in the "large" option. The larger the picture the better. Just remember, you can always scale down, but you can't scale up.
Google "disney clipart" large only

Also, try using other keywords like "cinderella" or "mickey mouse" in the large format.

 

[idofabric]

If you want to make a stencile of MM head that won't let most sprayed dye in use Reynolds Freezer Wrap. It is very wide, white butcher paper on one side, and a film of plastic on the other.
You cut out the design with the shiny plastic side down and then use a very warm iron to temp. fix it on your shirt. Quilters/fiber artist use this a lot. It is about $3 a roll at most grocery stores.
Make sure you get the edges ironed down very well. You can also use die cuts to make stenciles and then iron them down.
I use this stuff a lot when I am making shirts as I can also iron it to the inside of a T shirt, front, back and sleeves , and dye or fabric paint won't go through to the back. The paper also stablizes the fabric so you will have a tirm/flexable surface to work on.
If you are spray dying a MM head iron a piece to the inside and then the MM head design on the outside. you can then do a front and back more quickly. It is not good for any type of dying that will be immerced in a lot of water.
Also if you cut a lot of smaller/different size MM heads and iron them on a shirt you can they spray the whole shirt and have white heads with a color background, or a "halo" effect if you angle the spray out from the head.
Or make the head one color and the outside halo a different color.
I spend to much time with fabric stuff! Need to go and do some work... thinking of making a jacket for WDW/Food&Wine that will have light up fireworks on it. Glow in the dark/color change threads are so great!

 

[billwendy]

hi,

i did searches for disney clip art or specific characters,,,there are some nice ones out there!!! i used the iron ons for light fabric, they hold up okay but the brand i used from ac moore has been washed 2x and they are okay, just dont leave them wet in the washer, the colors will bleed a bit, but will then wash out in the next washing (found this out by accident). For the inexpensiveness of the shirts and the iron on's they are worth it!!

wendy

 

[julia & nicks mom]

I love this website

http://www.geocities.com/disneyclipsmain/

it has clipart of every character imaginable -there are over 4000 disney cliparts

 

[mommykds]

Ok for all your experts (there are some amazing ideas on this thread!) please humor a real beginner...

What do you do with the clip art. I understand that you save it to your pictures. Once you have it saved do you print & then use transfer paper, iron on the shirt & your done? Is that right if I just want to do an iron on from clip art? I wouldn't even dream of trying the tie dye!!!

 

[ksoehrlein]

What do you do with the clip art. I understand that you save it to your pictures. Once you have it saved do you print & then use transfer paper, iron on the shirt & your done? Is that right if I just want to do an iron on from clip art?

Sort of. If the clip art has words in it or you want it to face the same direction it faces when you're looking at it onscreen, you will need to be sure to flip the image horizontally before printing. Otherwise, when you iron it on it will be backward. Some printers have a setting to do this. If yours doesn't, you'll need to flip it in your file. Do NOT do both or you will negate yourself.

Good luck! (PS: I'm also too chicken to try tie dyeing, but I love how everyone's designs came out!)

 

[flminivanmama]

my tie dye did not come out - the shirt itself is gorgeous but no mickey - i think i did not gather enough fabric in the mickey when I was basting

well I was going to try again - I planned to sort of fold a layer in before I basted and I was also going to attempt to sew it with dental floss - thinking that since it was waxed it would resist the dye.... but I went to the rag shop to get more soda ash (I had bought the kit at michaels) and I found cold liquid wax to batik! So I just painted mickey head on the front and back and I will tie dye tomorrow (the wax has to set over night)

I'll let you know how it turns out.

 

[Kim in TN]

Great shirts everyone, you've inspired me to give it a shot for our Christmas trip.

 

[xmansmom]

Thanks everyone for all the ideas and help you are giving those of us who are craft challenged. I can't wait to try these ideas out.

 

[Tammi67]

Ksoehrlein, where did you find the picture that you have in your signature??

 

[java]

How long before Disney picks up on this and starts making them after seeing all of us in the parks?

 

[Ziggie]

Ksoehrlein, where did you find the picture that you have in your signature??

Not sure where she found it, but it's being hosted at disneytravelagents.com ~ which seems to be a site for travel agents

(Great pic!)

 

[ksoehrlein]

Not sure where she found it, but it's being hosted at disneytravelagents.com ~ which seems to be a site for travel agents

Good detective work, Ziggy! That's exactly where I found it. (I recently started working with a travel agent as her Disney specialist in addition to my full-time job, which is how I got access to the web site.)

I'm really disappointed that I can't find it in a larger size, though. It's a great size for my signature, but I'd love it in a poster size so you could actually read the words and see the details of the different castles. I thought I'd find it at WDW when we went in May, but no luck. Please let me know if any of you find it as a poster or even a larger web image. Thanks!

 

[THESCHULTZFIVE]

Sounds like a cool job. What exactly do you do and how did you get the job? If you want to send me a pm with the answer since it's not what this thread is about that's cool.

 

[lauran cameron]

I love this thread. I love the shirts. I am going to love trying it myself